No matter how wrong-headed critics may assail the civil justice system, Native Americans have clear evidence that liability lawsuits really do work. For hundreds of tribes and their members, the pursuit of justice in the courts soon will help remedy the disproportionate damage they suffered at Big Pharma’s hands in the still-raging opioid abuse and….
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As Biden reprises ‘moon shot,’ cancer battle’s constraints are clear, too
President Biden, returning to an important health issue with which he has deep, tragic personal connection, has reprised a White House call for a “moon shot” campaign to keep the public and the medical establishment focused on finding even more effective ways to battle cancer, a leading killer of Americans. Biden wants the nation to….
Continue ReadingJust ‘live with it’? U.S. pandemic deaths hit 900,000-plus and rising …
The coronavirus pandemic, which has confounded medical experts and their efforts to quell it, also has created a baffling assault on reality by a large segment of U.S. society. The evidence-free opponents of vaccines, face coverings, social distancing, and other common sense public health measures are gaining a growing new coterie of off-kilter advocates. The….
Continue ReadingWith a ‘Zoom boom’ still going, cautions rise on cosmetic surgery
While the coronavirus pandemic has forced patients, doctors, and hospitals to curtail crucial tests, procedures and treatments in worrisome fashion, a trend with one kind of medical practice apparently continues apace: The so-called “Zoom boom” in plastic and cosmetic surgeries is still going strong. Patients, though, soon will get a tough reality TV warning about….
Continue ReadingU.S. sets high bar in strategy to battle surging road deaths and injuries
The federal government will counterattack a grim, recent surge in road crashes and deaths with a strategy that emphasizes increased safety by and for motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians, as well as in the design, development, and equipping of vehicles, streets and highways. The U.S. battle against road fatalities also will include campaigns to slash speeding….
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